As many of you know, the Rainforest is a revolving door of biodiversity.  We display over 60 species of butterflies and moths every day and over 200 in the course of the year.

What I wanted to share with you all was our two newest species the Pamela White (Perrhybris pamela) and the Mexican Kite Swallowtail (Eurytides epidaus).  Both of these beauties are neotropical, that is to say from the new world tropics.  The Pamela White has a wide distribution, from Mexico to Bolivia where the Mexican Kite comes from Mexico (surprise) to Costa Rica.

The Pamela White is dimorphic, with the female mimicking the less palatable longwing butterflies.  Sad to say that as of this writing we do not believe any more Pamela Whites are still in the Rainforest to see.  The Mexican Kite Swallowtail on the other hand should have two out there to see, assuming its warm enough to fly that is.

On a side note, we have actually had the Mexican Kite for quite awhile, but as often happens with swallowtail butterflies, individuals have been emerging randomly over the course of many months and only recently have we had more than one come out to display.